# US Feed Grains Situation Tightening

> DTN analysis says US feed grain supplies have tightened because corn, barley and sorghum yields are below trend and acreage is lower than expected. Sorghum yield at 53.2 bpa is 27.4% below its 20-year trend, the second-worst deviation on record.

- Date: 2022-08-17 · published 2022-08-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40094-us-feed-grains-situation-tightening
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Combined shortfalls across corn, barley and sorghum reduce US feed grain availability, supporting feed prices and substitution demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-02-13 | [Drought conditions intensify across US, threatening crop yields \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13112-drought-conditions-intensify-across-us-threatening-crop-yields-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.7% | -6.8% |
| CORN | 2023-06-22 | [Central US drought intensifies, threatening grains and soy \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9769-central-us-drought-intensifies-threatening-grains-and-soy-reuters.md) | -8.7% | -14.9% |
| CORN | 2021-03-11 | [Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association - TIGHT SUPPLY DRIVES UP FEED AND FERTILISER PRICES](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48430-northern-ireland-grain-trade-association-tight-supply-drives-up-feed-and.md) | -7.7% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2020-12-01 | [La Niña Threatens Price Stability \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49573-la-nina-threatens-price-stability-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.4% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2024-10-24 | [Drought expands across key US agricultural regions \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13146-drought-expands-across-key-us-agricultural-regions-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.3% | +1.0% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/AG/blogs/fundamentally-speaking/blog-post/2022/08/17/us-feed-grains-situation-tightening

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